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M. M. OULVER & M.'W. BEACH.

WIRE GATHERING AND DISBURSING MACHINE. No. 306,677. Patented Ont. 14, 1884.1

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ATENT MOSES M. OULVER OF GLIDDEN, AND MYRON \V. BEACH, OF CARROLL, IOIVA.

WIRE GATHERING AND DISBURSING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,677, dated October 14, 1884.

Application filed March 4, 1884. (X model.) I I To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, Mosns M. CULvnn and MYnoN W. Bnacrr, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at Glidden and Carroll, in the county of Carroll and State of Iowa, have invented anew and useful Machine for Vinding and Unwinding Smooth or Barbed \Vire, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to improvements in wire gathering and disbursing machines, having for its object to gather loose or unwound wire as it is taken from fence-posts and wind the same upon a spool, and to distribute the wire upon the ground when it is desired for use; and it consists in the detailed combination and arrangement of the parts, substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of our invention. Figs. 2, 3, l, 5, and 6 are detail views thereof.

In the organization of our invention we employ an ordinary wagon -frame, A, having about at the center thereof an axle, B. To this axle are connected drivingavheels O C, and to the wheel (J is attached, on its inner face, gear-wheel or pinion D,.which gears with the smaller pinion D, connected to rotary shaft E. The shaft E is passed through a receptacle or box, G, on the side bar, A, which allows of the movement of said shaft in the direction of itslengtl1,a11d is held in position on the center beam, F, on which the drivers seat is placed, by means of another slotted receptacle or box, f, and this box is held in position by means of bolts j, which permit of the forward and backward movement of the shaft E.

Q11 the opposite end of the shaft E to that on which the pinion D is placed is rigidly secured in position a frictional wheel, H, which is connected to another frictional wheel, H, on the shaft I by means of the belt a. (See Fig. (5.) The wheels H H are caused to con- .nect with more or less force, according as reg nlated by lever I), (see Fig. 2,) said lever being pivoted nearly at its lower end to ahorizontal rod, 0, to the end of which rod isattached a spiral spring, 6, which is connected to the receptacle or box f on the center beam, F.

To the back end of the frame A is secured a long rotary shaft, I, which passes through the receptacles or boxes I) b and extends a lever K.

short distance beyond the sides of the frame A. On this shaft I is rigidly secured the frictional wheel H, connected to the wheel H by 5 means of the belt a, as above. described, and it is from this belt that the shaft I receives its rotary motion.

To the shaft I is also rigidly secured, about at the center of the shaft, and a short distance from the center beam, F, a small wheel, J, which is encompassed by a strip of steel, j, forming a brake upon wheel J which is designed to regulate the motion and revolution of the shaft I, according as the size of the 6 5 spool of wire 011 the rod Z inserted in the end of the shaft I (as will be hereinafter referred to) diminishes when unwinding the wire, and saidbrake is operated by meansof the foot- Into each end of the long shaft I is screwed or otherwise inserted ashort rod or arm, Z, designed for reception of a spool upon which the fence-wire is to be wound. Said spool (not here shown) is held firmly in position by means of the clutch or spider M, secured on the end of the shaft I by. means of the hook at, thus causing the spool to be held on the rod or arm Z and to revolve in unison with the shaft I.

When it is desired to distribute the wire, and the same has been wound upon the spool, the end of the wire is passed forward over and around thepulley N, and the end is then carried backward and fastened at any desired point on the fence or ground, and as the ma 8 5 chine moves forward the wire is distributed ready for use. The pulley N is provided with guttered or flanged edges, and is ribbed so as to protect the barbs on the wire from injury during the unwinding operation, and said pulley 0 N is fastened to an arm, a, by means of a swivel-hook and eyebolt, a, which is designed to allow the pulley to so adjust itself that the wire will be at or nearly at right angles with the spool during the unwinding operation. The arm a is fastenedto the under side of the side bar, A, and is held in place by means of bent spring-rods I and is designed to give the wire slack or play in case it becomes caught from any cause while unwinding, and thus prevent breakage by sudden catching or jerking of the wire. The arm a is prevented from too much forward movement by means of stops R, fastened to the front cross-beam,

H. The front cross-beam, S, has a rod or sleeve 5', attached to each end, and on this rod or sleeve the small pulley t is disposed. Said pulley t is similar to the larger pulley N as regards its grooved and ribbed. portions, and is designed for the passage of the wire there on as it is being wound upon the spool on the rod or arm Z. The pulleyt guides the wire from side to side of the spool when winding, and is held in place by means of a clutch, T, as shown more fully in Fig. 4, and worked back and forth on the arm or rod S by means 01" a lever, T. The lever T is placed on the front shaft, S, on each side of the center beam, 1!, and operates the pulley f, as shown.

It will be noticed that when it is desired both sides of our machine may be used for winding and unwinding the wire; or one side thereof may alone be used, according to the side upon which the wire is to be distributed.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters latent, isi 1. 111 a wire gathering and disbursing 1nai chine, the driving-wheel C, actuating gearl wheels 1.) .l), revolving shalt E, and indirect y rotating friction-wheels H IL, having belt a, and actuating-shaft I, having arms or rods Z, for reception of spools, secured by clutch or spider M, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

2-. In a wire gathering and disbursing ma chine, the shalt I, having rods or extensions 1, clutch or spider M, for holding the spool in position, and hook m, for securing said clutch or spider, pulley N, arm a, and rod 1, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination of the shaft E, passing through slotted box or receptacle G- for the lengthwise movement of said shaft, slotted box or receptacle f for the backward and forward movement of the shalt 1 said box or receptaclef being regulated in its movement by means of lever b, rod 0, and syn-ingr", substantially as shown and described.

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